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To address this, a translated version of General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ), and a translated version of Discrimination-Devaluation (D-D) Scale were used. Participants were 192 in total, thereof 70.3% females and 29.7% males, with the age range from age 18 or younger to 78 or older. They were recruited through Facebook where a questionnaire was posted on the researcher’s page. The results of this research showed that males and older individuals had the highest personal stigma, females and older individuals were likeliest to find it too expensive to seek help, and the main predictive factors for help-seeking were age and public stigma. These findings underline the importance of reducing stigma towards mental health problems, and the high value of decrease the cost of services provided by mental health professionals. Keywords: attitude, mental health, stigma, help-seeking","abstract_html":"In general, over the past decades, mental health problems have been regarded in a negative way. Although, this has improved in the past few years and the discussion about mental health problems has become more open. The aim of this research was to examine whether perceived public and personal stigma, as well as, reasons for not seeking help for mental health problems differed by gender, age, education and/or income. Also, whether these background variables could predict people‘s help-seeking behavior. To address this, a translated version of General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ), and a translated version of Discrimination-Devaluation (D-D) Scale were used. Participants were 192 in total, thereof 70.3% females and 29.7% males, with the age range from age 18 or younger to 78 or older. They were recruited through Facebook where a questionnaire was posted on the researcher’s page. The results of this research showed that males and older individuals had the highest personal stigma, females and older individuals were likeliest to find it too expensive to seek help, and the main predictive factors for help-seeking were age and public stigma. These findings underline the importance of reducing stigma towards mental health problems, and the high value of decrease the cost of services provided by mental health professionals. 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Although, this has improved in the past few years and the discussion about mental health problems has become more open. The aim of this research was to examine whether perceived public and personal stigma, as well as, reasons for not seeking help for mental health problems differed by gender, age, education and/or income. Also, whether these background variables could predict people‘s help-seeking behavior. To address this, a translated version of General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ), and a translated version of Discrimination-Devaluation (D-D) Scale were used. Participants were 192 in total, thereof 70.3% females and 29.7% males, with the age range from age 18 or younger to 78 or older. They were recruited through Facebook where a questionnaire was posted on the researcher’s page. The results of this research showed that males and older individuals had the highest personal stigma, females and older individuals were likeliest to find it too expensive to seek help, and the main predictive factors for help-seeking were age and public stigma. These findings underline the importance of reducing stigma towards mental health problems, and the high value of decrease the cost of services provided by mental health professionals. Keywords: attitude, mental health, stigma, help-seeking","Undanfarna áratugi hefur viðhorf fólks gagnvart geðrænum vandamálum verið neikvætt, en þó hefur það batnað með árunum og umræðan um geðræn vandamál hefur orðið opnari. Markmið þessarar rannsóknar var að skoða hvort viðhorf þátttakenda gagnvart geðrænum vanda, sem og ástæður fyrir því að leita sér ekki hjálpar væri mismunandi eftir kyni, aldri, menntun og/eða innkomu. Einnig hvort þessar bakgrunnsbreytur spái fyrir um hvert fólk leitar sér hjálpar við geðrænum vandamálum. Til þess að athuga þetta var notuð íslensk útgáfa af General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ), sem og íslensk útgáfa af Discrimination-Devaluation (D-D) Scale. Þátttakendur voru í heildina 192, þar af voru 70,3% konur og 29,7% karlar á aldursbilinu 18 ára og yngri til 78 ára og eldri. Þeim var safnað í gegnum Facebook þar sem spurningalista var deilt á síðu rannsakanda. Niðurstöður rannsóknarinnar sýndu að karlar og eldri einstaklingar voru með meira neikvætt viðhorf til þess að leita sér hjálpar en aðrir þátttakendur. Konur og eldri einstaklingar voru líklegust til þess að finnst of kostnaðarsamt að leita sér hjálpar og helstu forspárþættirnir fyrir því að leita sér hjálpar voru aldur og neikvætt viðhorf almennings til geðrænna vandamála. Þessar niðurstöður undirstrika mikilvægi þess að draga úr neikvæðu viðhorfi almennings til geðrænna vandamála, sem og að lækka kostnað á þjónustu hjá geðheilbrigðisstarfsmönnum. Lykilorð: geðheilsa, viðhorf, fordómar, leit að hjálp"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Stigma and attitude towards help-seeking behavior in relation to mental health"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Háskólinn í Reykjavík"],"dc:creator":["Sigríður Kristín Jónsdóttir 1990-"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2020-06-23T12:20:39Z"],"dc:date.available":["2020-06-23T12:20:39Z"],"dc:date.issued":["2020-06-23T12:20:39Z"],"dc:description.abstract":["In general, over the past decades, mental health problems have been regarded in a negative way. Although, this has improved in the past few years and the discussion about mental health problems has become more open. The aim of this research was to examine whether perceived public and personal stigma, as well as, reasons for not seeking help for mental health problems differed by gender, age, education and/or income. Also, whether these background variables could predict people‘s help-seeking behavior. To address this, a translated version of General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ), and a translated version of Discrimination-Devaluation (D-D) Scale were used. Participants were 192 in total, thereof 70.3% females and 29.7% males, with the age range from age 18 or younger to 78 or older. They were recruited through Facebook where a questionnaire was posted on the researcher’s page. The results of this research showed that males and older individuals had the highest personal stigma, females and older individuals were likeliest to find it too expensive to seek help, and the main predictive factors for help-seeking were age and public stigma. These findings underline the importance of reducing stigma towards mental health problems, and the high value of decrease the cost of services provided by mental health professionals. 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Niðurstöður rannsóknarinnar sýndu að karlar og eldri einstaklingar voru með meira neikvætt viðhorf til þess að leita sér hjálpar en aðrir þátttakendur. Konur og eldri einstaklingar voru líklegust til þess að finnst of kostnaðarsamt að leita sér hjálpar og helstu forspárþættirnir fyrir því að leita sér hjálpar voru aldur og neikvætt viðhorf almennings til geðrænna vandamála. Þessar niðurstöður undirstrika mikilvægi þess að draga úr neikvæðu viðhorfi almennings til geðrænna vandamála, sem og að lækka kostnað á þjónustu hjá geðheilbrigðisstarfsmönnum. Lykilorð: geðheilsa, viðhorf, fordómar, leit að hjálp"],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/1946/36450"],"dc:language.iso":["en"],"dc:subject":["Sálfræði","Geðheilsa","Viðhorf","Fordómar","Psychology","Mental health","Attitude (Psychology)","Prejudices"],"dc:title":["Stigma and attitude towards help-seeking behavior in relation to mental health"],"dc:type":["Thesis"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-27T20:37:50Z"}